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Zhu Guoxun wondered, "Why?"

Xiong Wencan asked back: "Has Zheng Zhilong rebelled?"

Zhu Guoxun and Zheng Zhilong have been fighting pirates together for several years, so it is very clear: "Zheng Zhilong is not a fool. After he was recruited, he has an official status and is no longer conscripted by the court. He can also join the officers and soldiers to conquer other pirates. It is he who has laid down the territory." Yes. Zheng Zhilong has no reason to rebel."

"It's the same for Zhao Yan." Xiong Wencan said with a smile.

Zhu Guoxun thought about it carefully, and then suddenly realized that it was exactly the same!

The difference between Zhao Han and Zheng Zhilong is that one is at sea and the other is on land.As long as the sea is counted as the territory, isn't Zheng Zhilong Zhao Han?

Zhu Guoxun felt that he had learned again, and hurriedly bowed: "Mr.'s teachings have enlightened me in humble positions, and I will benefit endlessly in this life."

However, Zhao Han returned to the General Military Mansion and immediately summoned several core officials to discuss matters.

"Next year's development plan," Zhao Han said straight to the point, "First, bring back the Nangan County that was occupied by Tianbing, and control the main water and land routes in southern Ecuador; It must be advanced slowly; third, expand the peasant associations in the north to the entire Nanchang Prefecture; fourth, the new peasant associations should develop in Fuzhou Prefecture; fifth, continue to dig roads in the mountains; sixth, encourage the development of industry and commerce, You can't just rely on land tax; Seventh, you can take a look at this outline for the development of culture and education."

The education reform outline was circulated in the conference room, and all officials, including Pang Chunlai, were completely confused.

Zuo Xiaoliang asked: "Let scholars and Juren go to elementary school again, this may cause the scholars to resent."

Zhao Han said with a smile: "It's not that they are really allowed to go to elementary school. They can study at home. If they pass the exam, they will graduate from elementary school. Moreover, I don't recognize their fame, and it's not that I don't let them be officials. Everyone here, too. It is impossible to go back to elementary school. But it must be explained that those who have completed elementary school and middle school seriously will be promoted faster to become officials in the future!"

"The general town wants to abolish the imperial examination?" Li Banghua asked.

"How could it be abolished?" Zhao Han explained, "The method at this stage is only suitable for a small area. In the future, when the territory becomes larger, the imperial examination must be restored. My idea is this. A scholar should first graduate from elementary school and then graduate from middle school. You can take part in the imperial examination in one prefecture, which is equivalent to today’s Taoist examination. If you are admitted in the Taoist examination, you will be a scholar. If there is a vacancy in a school, or a county-level government office, the magistrate can organize a public examination, and you can participate if you have the reputation of a scholar. As many officials and teachers as there are shortages, we will recruit as many scholars as possible, instead of recruiting a bunch of scholars and waiting to become officials."

In fact, it is the county-level civil servant examination and the school's recruitment of teachers.

Pang Chunlai and Li Banghua looked at each other, thinking about the pros and cons.

You can take the public examination because of your fame as a scholar, but I'm afraid it's not necessarily popular.Because the so-called civil servants are actually officials in ancient times, and most scholars look down on officials!

Pang Chunlai expressed this concern.

Zhao Han said with a smile: "Whether you are a civil servant or a soap official, as long as you have outstanding performance, you can always be promoted. Scholars look down on officials. Firstly, civil servants cannot be promoted, and secondly, soap officials are really low-level slaves. As long as they can continue to be promoted, I am afraid There are countless scholars vying to become official officials. Isn’t this the case now? Even people from the Ming Dynasty are willing to start as official officials under my rule.”

Xiao Huan asked: "Is it the same for Juren and Jinshi?"

"Yes," Zhao Han nodded and said, "Whether it is a scholar, a Juren, or a Jinshi, I will not give any preferential treatment. According to the ranking in the examination and the actual official vacancies, you can directly serve as a minor official in the government office, and the highest can be a second official at the county level."

"Don't you want to be an official in another place?" Li Banghua interrupted suddenly.

Zhao Han said: "It is necessary to be an official in a different place, but if you are in a different place within the province, you only need to go across the government. It is too unkind to be a small official across provinces. Of course, after being promoted to the chief official, you must be transferred across provinces."

"Where is Jinshi?" Li Ke asked.

Zhao Han said: "Jinshi is eligible to participate in public examinations of any level across the country. However, it is still not possible to directly become an official of the seventh rank or above. Put it outside to practice for the county magistrate, don't think that you can always be a Beijing official if you are admitted to the Jinshi."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, all feeling sad for the future scholars, so how involved should they be?

But wouldn't the Daming choose a scholar?

Especially in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, although Jinshi could be officials, many of them were just idle jobs with no power or influence.

This kind of Beijing official is very miserable. The prices in the capital are already expensive, and they have to rent a house to live in, and they can't afford to pay for it.It is difficult to support myself by relying on that dead salary, and I don't know when it will be reused.

And Zhao Han's reform is that Xiucai, Juren, and Jinshi are equivalent to a kind of academic qualifications, and are eligible to participate in various levels of public examinations.

No matter how many positions there are vacancies in the government, only a few people will be recruited in the public examination, and those who are not selected should do what they want.

You can find other jobs first and wait for the next public exam, without delaying the court or yourself.

Zhao Han also said: "After the unification of the world, if there are too many scholars waiting to become officials, an age limit should also be set. Seventh-rank officials must retire at the age of 60, fifth-rank officials must retire at the age of 65, and third-rank officials must retire at the age of 70. You must be an official at the age of 35. If you are over [-], you can no longer take the exam!"

All this is to avoid redundant officials.

As long as you sit on the dragon chair, scholars are very adaptable, just don't go too far.

For example, Zhu Yuanzhang once abolished the imperial examination for ten years. What else can scholars in the world do except scold a few words?Later, when the imperial examination system was restored, it was not scolded by scholars, but corrected by Zhu Yuanzhang himself.

The reason was that Zhu Yuanzhang found that the imperial examination had shortcomings, and the officials selected had no experience and could do nothing.Therefore, the imperial examination was abolished and the recommendation system was introduced, so that the recommended officials could do things as soon as they took office, which was tantamount to handing over the responsibility of cultivating officials to the society.

Unexpectedly, the recommendation system is not as good as the imperial examination. First of all, the officials recommended are mixed, and secondly, there are a lot of nepotism.

Zhu Yuanzhang tried to reform the recommendation system, but it was useless to change it. In the end, the imperial examination system was restored.

As long as the imperial examinations are not abolished, Zhao Han can do as he pleases.

Li Banghua asked: "In the future, when we open subjects, we will take the exams for scholars, candidates, and Jinshi, and those "Mathematics" and "Geometry" will also be included?"

Chongzhen has officially issued an order to add content such as the art of war and strategy to the two-level imperial examinations, the provincial examination and the general examination.

Chongzhen, the last emperor, can do it, but why can't Zhao Han be the founding emperor in the future?

However, the marking system must be changed.

At this time, the imperial examinations of the Ming Dynasty were purely based on stereotyped essays, and examiners only valued stereotyped essays, that is, the content of the Four Books and Five Classics.Other official document writing, case resolution, art of war, etc., are all discretionary bonus points.Although I still have to take the exam, but if I take the exam, it means I didn't take the exam.As long as your stereotyped essay is excellent, you can pass blank papers in the other exams.

Zhao Han said with a smile: "This is how I imagined it. The first test is stereotyped, with a full score of 350. The second test is official document and law, with a full score of [-]. The third test is mathematics and geometry, with a full score of [-]. The fourth The field test of Datong Theory, the full score is [-]. A total of [-] points, ranked by score."

After asking clearly, no one objected.

Jinshi like Li Banghua did not object, because the content of the imperial examinations in the past dynasties had been constantly adjusted.

Don't regard the ancient times as too rigid and rigid. The Guozijian in the Ming Dynasty even used the credit system all the time.There are monthly exams every month and annual exams every year. You can be promoted to a higher grade after completing the number of credits.After completing all the credits, one can graduate from the Imperial College.

As for Zhao Han's statement, there is no need to copy Zhu Xi's remarks, so there is no problem.

Because after the rise of Yangming Xinxue, stereotyped essays have deviated from Zhu Xi in various ways.Some candidates will even study the examiner's preferences, first investigate which faction the examiner is from, and then use this to choose whether to write articles with psychology or science.Neo-Confucianism is not Zhu Xi's set, but a new Neo-Confucianism that emerged in the mid-Ming Dynasty.

Zhao Han said so much, just to make it clear in advance, because the education system will be officially adjusted next year.

As for the reform of the imperial examination, it will be implemented after the death of Chongzhen.

Chapter 214 [Young Mathematician]

Fei Rulan took her son, Xiyue and nanny to visit her mother Lou.

The official seal engraved by the Ministry of Rites is handed over to Secretary Haosheng for safekeeping.

As for the official uniform, let the guards take it back to the inner house.The guards only dared to enter the main room, so they packed it in a rattan box and placed it on the table.

Zhao Zhenfang and Fei Rumei returned together, chatting non-stop all the way.Although the female teachers in the school always taught girls to be demure and dignified, eight out of ten students in the girls' school became more and more lively.

"Sister, sister!"

Fei Rumei ran into the courtyard and shouted, but no one answered.

A maid came out of the kitchen: "Miss Rumei, Madam has gone back to her mother's house. She said she can come back before evening, and let me cook the food first."

"Oh, go get busy." Fei Rumei walked into the main room, tossed her schoolbag, and muttered, "I finally came here, but my sister went to my house instead."

Zhao Zhenfang went back to her room and put away her schoolbag, poured two glasses of water over, and handed one to Fei Rumei: "Tomorrow is the annual holiday, Miao Tong, please go to her house to play, will you go?"

"Go, there's nothing to do if you stay at home." Fei Rumei said with a smile.

Seeing a rattan box on the table, Fei Rumei put down her cup, went to open the box, and said in surprise, "Ah, is this an official hat? The wings of the hat are so long."

Official uniforms are only worn by officials when they are on duty. Ordinary people have never seen them before. Fei Yinghuan would not show off his official uniforms when he went home.

Zhao Zhenfang dissuaded: "This is the second brother's property, don't mess around with it."

Fei Rumei said: "This is Daming's official uniform. My brother-in-law is a traitor, so he wouldn't wear this kind of thing."

"That's true." Zhao Zhenfang nodded.

Fei Rumei raised her official hat, put it on her own head and said, "Do I look like an official?"

Zhao Zhenfang couldn't help laughing: "Your head is too small."

Fei Rumei took out the suit again, put it on her body indiscriminately, raised her hand to support the unsteady official hat, pretended to be a lecherous and corrupt official, picked Zhao Zhenfang's chin with her fingers and said: "This little lady was born beautiful, today she will be so beautiful." How about going back with me to enjoy the blessings?"

"Hahahaha!"

Zhao Zhenfang was so teased that she burst out laughing, and suddenly grabbed the hat, put it on her head and said, "Bold and unreasonable, quickly take off my clothes!"

The official uniform was worn on Fei Rulan, and the sleeves and hem seemed too long.It happened to be a costume, she shook her sleeves like an actor, and then began to show off her figure, twisting around and moving forward.

"oops!"

Fei Rumei stepped on the hem of her jacket with her toes, and slammed forward like a shit.

Feeling that the light at the door went dark, Fei Rumei looked up, got up quickly and said, "Brother-in-law is back."

Zhao Zhenfang quickly took off her official hat and quickly put it in the box, Fei Rumei also quickly took off her official uniform.

Zhao Han said with a smile: "If you like it, wear it for fun, and don't wear it outside."

Fei Rumei explained: "We just find it strange."

"I'll put it on for my second brother." Afraid that Zhao Han would get angry, Zhao Zhenfang held up the official hat and put it on Zhao Han's head.

Fei Rumei also said: "I dress my brother-in-law."

Zhao Han didn't refuse either, and stood there with a smile, letting the two little girls toss.

Before the official uniform was put on, Fei Rulan had already come back from a visit. Seeing Zhao Han's appearance, his eyes lit up immediately: "My husband's attire is really energetic."

Zhao Han put the official hat on the table, but did not take off the official uniform, and said: "You find someone to sew a set of military officer uniforms, and you need to be a second-rank one."

Fei Rulan didn't ask why, and immediately responded: "Okay, I'll go find a tailor tomorrow."

After all, he has already accepted the recruitment, and it is inevitable to deal with officials in the future.Regular clothes belong to the daily clothes of officials, and they are usually custom-made by themselves. Zhao Han should embroider lions on his chest.

While the husband and wife were talking, the two little girls had already run away to tease Ju'er, who was about to turn one year old.

They put the children on the carpet and lure them with toys made of bamboo and wood.

But Gun'er sat there stupidly, staring at them blankly, not thinking of crawling over to get the toy at all.

He is not very lively, and usually eats a lot, so he is as fat as a meatball.Sometimes Zhao Han would think, his eldest son, wouldn't he become a fat man in the future?

The nanny continued to say: "Children need to eat more, and they have a big appetite to feed them. Now they look fat, but when they are one or two years old, they grow up and lose weight."

"Chang'er, Cun'er, come here!" Zhao Zhenfang shook the rattle.

Attracted by the sound of the drum, Gun'er was stunned for a while, and suddenly crawled forward.But after only two steps, he suddenly lay down and rolled over, and because he was too fat, he was too tired to move after only one round.

Fei Rumei pouted and said, "The gun is not fun at all."

As soon as the words fell, Gun'er suddenly crawled out of the carpet, hugged the legs of the bench and pushed hard, even pushing a stool forward.

It seems that the rattle is too small to be interesting, and that stool is his toy.

Zhao Han and Fei Rulan sat next to each other without speaking, just smiling and watching their son play.

The next day is a holiday.

Zhao Zhenfang and Fei Rumei, escorted by two servants, went to the home of their classmates to have fun.

This female classmate's surname is Liu, and her boudoir name is Miaotong. It is said that her eyes are opened at birth, and her eyes are very beautiful.

The house of Liu Miaotong's family is very large. As long as he is willing to hand over the land, Zhao Han will not confiscate other properties of the gentry.It's just that there are fewer servants. There are not as many domestic slaves as before, and there is no income from tens of thousands of acres of land. The big families really dare not hire too many servants.

The garden is directly a garden, and an artificial lake was dug.

"I'll take you to play on the swing." Liu Miaotong said with a smile.

Fei Rumei said: "My house used to have a swing."

Zhao Zhenfang ran with them, looking at the garden from time to time, and suddenly saw a young man writing something by the lake.

Zhao Zhenfang asked, "Who is that?"

"My cousin is a nerd," Liu Miaotong said, "Uncle asked him to watch politics so that he could become an official for Mr. Zhao in the future. He insisted on learning those Western and Western numbers. I feel annoyed when I see numbers like earthworms. It's like getting a baby."

The three girls went on the swings, but the boy was completely immersed in mathematics.

The boy's name is Xiao Shixuan, from Fenghuanggang Village, Taihe County.One-third of the whole family was killed by the rebel Sai Lubu. His family ran fast and fled with hundreds of taels of silver.

He lost all his property and could only live with his relatives.

Xiao Shixuan's father, Xiao Shigong, has been with Zhao Han for more than a year and is currently serving as the head of the criminal house in Anfu County.

As for Xiao Shixuan himself, he was only 17 years old and had no interest in imperial examinations.Since I came into contact with mathematics, I have been living in my uncle's house, and I have confirmed ancient Chinese mathematics with Thai and Western mathematics.

He thought algebraic symbols such as A, B, and C were too troublesome to write when doing the questions, so he made a series of symbols by himself based on cursive script.

Then it was unstoppable, using those symbols to formulate equations randomly, and researched a lot of things in half a year.

This guy discovered the Vedic theorem. Although it was 100 years later than the West, it was indeed induced by him.Afterwards, according to this theorem, a series of related laws are deduced.

Xiao Shixuan fell into it completely. His father asked him to go to the Yamen to watch the government, but he refused to go. Zhao Han made a rule that scholars who are willing to be officials can go to some departments for internship.Bring your own dry food, do not get paid, and help with work. The internship period is at least half a year.If it is done well, it can be turned into a reserve official with the joint signature of a chief official and two assistant officials of the department.Once there are vacancies, they will be selected from among these reserve officials.

In Xiao Shixuan's opinion, how can being an official be as interesting as studying mathematics?